Data Privacy: Is Trump's FCC Redefining Public Interest as Business Interest?
Recent U.S. Senate and FCC activity favors large Internet companies at the expense of their customers
The debate over so-called "net neutrality" has raged for more than a decade between tech entrepreneurs and the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who deliver digital content to our computers and mobile devices. Scientific American takes a look at the FCC's proposed plans and clarifies what’s at stake for internet users.
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Data Privacy: Is Trump's FCC Redefining Public Interest as Business Interest?
Recent U.S. Senate and FCC activity favors large Internet companies at the expense of their customers
Net Neutrality Foe to Head the FCC
Under new chair Ajit Pai the agency would likely to reverse its Open Internet Order—a regulation expected to become less relevant as the Net continues to evolve
Trump’s First 100 Days: Technology, Privacy and Intelligence
The new administration will likely defang efforts to enforce Net neutrality and online privacy protections, and potentially ramp up domestic and international surveillance
Net Neutrality Prevails in Contentious FCC Vote
Broadband Internet access will be reclassified as a telecom service under a modified set of rules. Court battles and more Congressional hearings to follow
How Will the Fight over Public ISPs and Net Neutrality Play Out?
The FCC will soon vote on the spread of high-speed municipal broadband services and ISPs’ rights to discriminate against certain Web traffic
Net Neutrality in a Nutshell
What is net neutrality and why is it making news lately? Tech Talker explains.
Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age [Excerpt]
Distribution companies’ digital locks are like roach motels: Copyrighted works check in but they don’t check out
Ted Cruz Is Not 100% Wrong that Net Neutrality Is ObamaCare for the Internet
President Obama announced his support Monday for net neutrality. And Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz let loose one of his biggest howls, tweeting: “Net Neutrality” is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.
Technology Historian Crushes Internet Myths
As readers of this blog know, since 2005 I’ve been teaching at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. One of the best parts of being an academic is hanging out with cool (compared to me), young (compared to me), up-and-coming scholars, some of whom know far more about the history of science and [...]
Nobody Is Neutral When It Comes to Net Neutrality
The FCC has asked for comment on whether the Internet should be reclassified as a public utility to preserve net neutrality—but the motion faces political and legal hurdles
The Internet Doesn't Have to Be Free
A brief history of the war for Net neutrality
The Net Neutrality Debate in 2 Minutes or Less
Who gets to control what's passing through those pipes?